Member News

Calgary-based journalist Mansoor Ladha was one of seven community volunteers whose dedicated efforts were recognized at a Governor General’s Caring Award ceremony hosted by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. The…Read more →

The Alberta Press Council has called a meeting of its members, to take place on December 14th, to discuss its future in light of the resignation of the Calgary Herald. …Read more →

The Audit Bureau of Circulations will be called the Alliance for Audited Media. "The new name is intended to be broader and not limited by the word 'circulations,'" ABC president…Read more →

Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths has advised the AWNA that his department is undertaking a review of the Municipal Government Act (MGA). "The review will include a stakeholder engagement process…Read more →

The AWNA Board of Directors approved a payment of $50,000 to member newspapers at a meeting held in Drumheller on August 31st.  Newspapers that were members in good standing as…Read more →

The AWNA's new book 'Writing the First Draft of History' is now in print. We have copies available for sale. The price is $10/copy if you order ten or more,…Read more →

The Alberta Press Council has confirmed the appointment of Kerry Anderson as a Council member. The Press Council invited the association to add a second representative after the Edmonton Journal…Read more →

Jack (Sig) Sigvaldason, who has worked in the North as a reporter, editor and publisher for more than 40 years, will be awarded the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement award…Read more →

FP Newspapers Inc. (owner of the Winnipeg Free Press) has acquired The Carillon Weekly Newspaper and Derksen printing business located in Steinbach, Manitoba. Derksen Printers Ltd., a family-owned business, has…Read more →

It was déjà vu all over again for Drumheller Mail publisher Osborne (Ossie) Sheddy. Sheddy, who served as AWNA President back in 1977-78 when he was a young publisher learning…Read more →